Tag Archives: animated films

Battle of the Message Movies: Turning Red vs. Teen Wolf

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

It’s funny. When I first heard about Turning Red a few weeks ago, I thought it was going to be one of Pixar’s lesser films. Like Brave or Soul. Little did I know that it would turn out to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Message Movie Battle | Tagged 1980s, animated films, comedy, fantasy, films, movie review, movies, pixar, relationships, teen wolf, turning red | Leave a comment

Who Was The Road to El Dorado Made for?

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I remember hearing about The Road to El Dorado in 2000 during my senior year of high school. It looked too juvenile for me. However, I did hear that it had some adult stuff in it, like characters getting naked … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged adventure, animated films, children films, dreamworks, films, movie review, movies, sinbad legend of the seven seas, the road to el dorado | Leave a comment

If Holidays Were Superheroes

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Holidays are meant to be special. Under other circumstances, they might be considered regular days. Like when Rocky Balboa tells Adrien, “To you, it’s Thanksgiving. But to me, it’s Thursday.” However, what gives holidays a touch of magic is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, animated films, batman, captain america, comic books, films, holiday, incredibles, iron man, miraculous, movies, shazam, spiderman, superhero, superman, thor, wolverine, x-men | Leave a comment

The Saddest Christmas Story I’ve Ever Seen

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” These famous words are from Charles Dickens’ classic story A Christmas Carol. They demonstrate Ebeneezer Scrooge’s appalling lack of empathy for the poor … Continue reading →

Posted in Uplifting Films | Tagged animated films, christmas, disney, films, holiday, movie review, movies, sad, short film | 6 Comments

‘Ephemeral’ Broke My Heart

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

When I try to explain my feelings, my words usually come out clumsily. So I apologize if I prove incapable of properly capturing everything I long to say. I’m going to talk about fictional characters as though they were real … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged animated films, miraculous, romance, sad, smallville, superhero, TV shows | 8 Comments

The Long-Lost Origin of the Deja Reviewer

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Today is a special day for me worth celebrating. It marks the 10th anniversary of the first article I ever published as the Deja Reviewer, and this is the 600th article I have published on this website. Back on June … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged animated films, films, movie review, movies, musical, personal, pixar, wizard of oz | 3 Comments

The Surprising Greatness of The Croods: A New Age

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

“It’s really bad,” my wife told me after she watched The Croods: A New Age in the theater. “The jokes were all in the trailer, the characters get really creepy at certain points like when they eat, there’s an annoying … Continue reading →

Posted in Pleasant Surprises | Tagged animated films, comedy, dreamworks, films, movies, sequels, the croods | 1 Comment

Aladdin Is a Love Story Between Mankind and Jesus Christ

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I am excited to share something I just realized about the 1992 animated film Aladdin. I won’t bother discussing the live-action remake because that one took out some of the key elements that contribute to the symbolism of the original. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uplifting Films | Tagged aladdin, animated films, bible, bible stories, fantasy, films, jesus christ, movie review, movies, relationships, romance | 9 Comments

The Beautiful Symmetry of Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I had planned on analyzing Spider-Man 3 for a chiastic structure before moving on to any other film, but I couldn’t get Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) out of my head, so it looks like this is the one … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged animated films, beauty and the beast, chiasmus, classic films, disney, fairy tales, films, movie review, movies | 7 Comments

Our Bray-ve New World

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

The puppet masters who have made it simple to enjoy hookup culture, courageous to buck normalcy, and easy to get credit have now closed the doors and are herding us into our nice, comfortable cages. My fellow donkeys, welcome to the bray-ve new world. Continue reading →

Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos | Tagged animated films, classic films, disney, films, movie review, movies, pinocchio, roosh v, videos | 1 Comment